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Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s 1st female president

Claudia Sheinbaum is projected to win Mexico’s presidential election and become the nation’s first female president in history.”I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said at a downtown Mexico City hotel shortly after electoral authorities announced a statistical sample showed she held an irreversible lead, according to…

Georgia signs controversial ‘foreign influence’ bill into law

The speaker of Georgia’s parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, signed the divisive “foreign agents” bill into law after the legislature dismissed the veto of President Salome Zourabichvili.The bill, known as the “Russian law” by critics, requires certain media and nonprofit organizations to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if…

Police hunt for suspects after war shrine is defaced with graffiti in Tokyo

Japanese police are searching for suspects who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a Tokyo shrine commemorating the country’s war dead.The graffiti, discovered on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine, is believed to be a protest against the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.In a video…

What to know about the upcoming Swiss summit on Ukraine’s peace plan

Switzerland will host a summit on June 15-16 that aims to build broad international support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s peace proposals.Zelenskiy heavily lobbied China to attend the conference, which has moved closer to Russia and declined to attend. Russia was not invited, and has insisted the summit is useless…

Austria’s first woman chancellor, Brigitte Bierlein, dies at 74

Brigitte Bierlein, former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court and the country’s first woman chancellor, has died at the age of 74.Her death was announced by Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who recognized her as one of Austria’s most distinguished legal experts.Austria’s Constitutional Court said she died after experiencing a short, serious illness.Brigitte…